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Former Vice President Joe Biden debuted his new podcast from his Delaware home, interviewing former White House aide Ron Klain, who has bashed the Trump administration's coronavirus response.

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Lawyers have been presenting their final arguments on Friday to Judge Thokozile Masipa at the end of the double-amputee athlete's sentencing hearing.

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Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter for shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp. Here, we look at the timeline of events from start to finish.

MARTHA KELNER: Oscar Pistorius was once the most famous and inspirational Paralympic athlete in the world. But now he is in prison for five years and his world has fallen apart.

Oscar Pistorius will not be allowed to compete in Paralympic sport until 2019 after he was sentenced to a maximum of five years in jail for the manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for the manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp - but his legal team have claimed that he is expected to serve around 10 months in jail.

Oscar Pistorius has been handed the dubious chance to resurrect his athletics career after being sentenced to what could be as little as 10 months’ imprisonment for shooting his girlfriend dead.

Pistorius, 27, known as the Blade Runner, was yesterday jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, but could be out of prison in one-sixth of the time.

Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius is currently being assessed by prison authorities in Pretoria as to whether the Olympic star represents a suicide risk.

Oscar Pistorius cried himself to sleep on the first night of his five-year jail term for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius case have consulted with a criminal law expert over a possible appeal, which means the Olympic runner could face a murder conviction again.

Reeva Steenkamp's mother believes Oscar Pistorius 'would have killed someone sooner or later' and that her daughter's 'bad luck' conspired against her.

South African prosecutors have confirmed they will appeal Oscar Pistorius's manslaughter verdict and five-year prison sentence after failing to secure a murder conviction.

Prison bosses in Pretoria have told the Paralympian that he can't take part in their tagging scheme because the device cannot be properly monitored if it is fixed to a prosthetic leg.

June and Barry Steenkamp were given £340 a month by the athlete in a series of payments that began several weeks after he killed their daughter at his Pretoria home on Valentine's Day last year.

News of the unlikely partnership was revealed in a letter of complaint to prison authorities by Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir after a treadmill and exercise bike used by the pair were moved.

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Aimee Pistorius has denied reports that her brother was given preferential treatment on his 28th birthday and she he received 'nothing' prison regulations did not allow.

Prosecutors in Pretoria have applied to appeal the decision Judge Thokozile Masipa to acquit the Paralympian of murder and instead sentence him five years in prison for manslaughter.

A South African judge says she will respond to the prosecution's appeal of the Oscar Pistorius verdict on Wednesday.

The disgraced former Paralympian (right) is said to be well-looked after in prison because guards are terrified of the public and legal backlash should he come to any harm while serving his sentence.

News that Pistorius has been upgraded to category A status comes two years after he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria on Valentine's Day.

The Paralympic star, who was jailed four months ago for killing his girlfriend, has lost so much weight that his prosthetic limbs no longer fit him, according to local media.

A video has emerged that claims to show Oscar Pistorius playing football in a prison yard with a notorious underworld criminal, who was last month charged with murder.

The extraordinary footage appears to show Pistorius enjoying a penalty shoot-out competition with Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir at the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.

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Oscar Pistorius, 28, is serving a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide after admitting fatally shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp four times through a door on Valentine's Day 2013.